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==Introduction==
==Introduction to Magnetotactic Bacteria==
[[Image:M. gryphiswaldense.png|thumb|300px|right| Electron micrograph of <i>Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense</i> cells containing chains of magnetite crystals (top) and magnified section of crystal chain (bottom). By Caulobacter subvibrioides (Diskussion) GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons]]
[[Image:M. gryphiswaldense.png|thumb|300px|right| Electron micrograph of <i>Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense</i> cells containing chains of magnetite crystals (top) and magnified section of crystal chain (bottom). By Caulobacter subvibrioides (Diskussion) GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons]]


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==Magnetotactic Bacteria==
==Magnetosome Formation==
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==Genetic Influences==
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Revision as of 00:23, 24 March 2015

Introduction to Magnetotactic Bacteria

Electron micrograph of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense cells containing chains of magnetite crystals (top) and magnified section of crystal chain (bottom). By Caulobacter subvibrioides (Diskussion) GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons


Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense (also referred to as MSR-1) is a gram negative magnetotactic bacteria that is found in shallow fresh water and sediment. They are characterized by a spirillial morphology with flagella at each end of the cell. They are able to orient themselves based on Earth’s magnetic field (magnetotaxis) due to special organelles called magnetosomes.



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Magnetosome Formation


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Genetic Influences


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Potential Uses in Bioremediation


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References

[1] Bazylinski, D. A., & Schübbe, S. (2007). Controlled biomineralization by and applications of magnetotactic bacteria. Advances in applied microbiology, 62, 21-62.